Literally millions and millions of players want to be the next "big-time thing" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more well known "charming guys" of the game. Despite the fact that "nice" is connected with their names when you are sitting accross the table from them it is "no more Mr. Nice guy" until they have put you out of the competition!
Daniel Negreanu
In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament winnings added up to more than four and a half million dollars and he captured two immensely respected awards in the WSOP Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tournament Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to speak with his fans about how they could advance their own game.
Howard Lederer
Known as "The Professor" and sibling of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His success has lead to him making an instructional video named "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and also holding a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his total life earnings surpass 2.7 million dollars.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty is one of the busiest players in poker and from 2000 and 2004 he finished in the money in well over one hundred tournaments. He is noted for saying "yeah baby" during poker matches and also credited with the phrase "that’s poker baby" when referring to a particularly bad loss. As of 2006, his life time winnings are almost six million dollars.
Chris Ferguson
Chris has won five World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his successes coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" as a result of his characteristic long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to slice through bananas and pickles. As of Two Thousand and Five his total live poker tourney earnings exceeded five million dollars.
